Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 239 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Consultant according to 239 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Washington, DC) in Oct 2008
Interview
IBM began with an information session on campus. Three or four recent graduates now working at IBM presented, along with one of the more senior managers.
The university's career center had an online resume submission. After still having interest in me, they had me apply on the IBM website. Next, they invited me for an interview.
I interviewed with three IBMers in the same day: one had recently graduated from my university (within two years) and the other two were more senior people with almost ten years experience. The interviews were mostly behavioral (trying to assess my people skills, leadership skills, conflict management) and experiential (what I'd done in past internships). There was little to no assessment of subject matter knowledge (i.e. SAP, Oracle or other IT consulting knowledge). It seemed they didn't mind that I had no background in I.T., but rather that I had finance/business skills and experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you provide a situation where you had to handle a conflict with another person, or confront someone about not meeting their responsibilities?
I received an email in order to complete an assessment. The assessment were behavioral questions and I had to send in an audio recording. It was one round, and I did recieve an email for more questions but no offer after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions consisted of "what would you do" situations.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
The process was fairly quick. They were looking for someone with previous strategy work experience. Positive process. Interviewed virtually in the US. First round was 2 45 minute interviews. Describe a time you solved a problem
Long but nice multiple stages. First interview then a presentation . It was interesting and eventful lots of great opportunities to meet people. Learned a lot from it. Practiced my presentation skills